By: Shailene Reilly
By: Victoria Schandel
By: Elisabeth Gordon
By: Lauren More'
By: Victoria Schandel and Lauren More'

Post your action plan here rather than on the home page. Create an attractive home page for your unit plan wiki presentation. LTS 11-15-10




Day 1: Introduction/Value of Money
:Poem (Smart by Shel Silverstein)
Clip of Shel Silverstein reading the poem (incorporating technology)
:Cut out of a piggy bank (folder) Where student keeps all work and projects. The students will color the pig and decorate their folders to make it their own.
How to make pig::: Use die cut in CMC, Use projector to enlarge it and trace it to make the pig to put on the folders, pass 2 out to each student.
Day 2: History of Money
:Handout assorted pictures of money and its evolution throughout history
:Also handout a timeline:: Have students place the pictures in what they think is the correct time period is that the money was used
:Discuss and explain which money was used in which time period
:Once reviewed, have students glue pictures onto timeline
>OR to integrate technology have students create timeline on kidspiration
Day 3: Ways of Making/Saving Money
:Timecard
Day 4: Learning Checks
:Show an actual checkbook... explain to students what checkbooks are used for and when checks are used.
:Activity... using smartboard... upload a big view of a check, model the way to write on a check and where each aspect of a check is written..
:Give each student a page of checks and give them practice problems to practice writing checks and using a checkbook.
Day 5: Activity/Store OR Classroom rummage sale





list characteristics of money
distinguish between currencies
buying and selling